53 results for "African harps" between $2.00 and $600.00

Pages: 160, Paperback, St Vladimirs Seminary Pr

This object was used as a harp, a common musical instrument found among the Baule and many other peoples from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is sad to say that these instruments are becoming rare to find. They have been replaced in the main by the western style guitar. Such an instrument would have produced a light melodious sound when strummed. It would in fact be held upright on the lap with the strings facing the player with the carved figure on the sound box figuratively and metaphorically facing the...

Musical instrument, wood, with multiple strings of graduated length, stretching from the sound box to points on the female anthropomorphic neck.

ARC's Celtic Harp Magic: Harpers Hall Collection: The Gift features 20 interpretations, classics, and original harp compositions from nearly 30 harpists, including Deborah Bennett ( Rogha an Chailín Rua ), Vicki Parrish and Michel Robinson ( The Bonny Light Horseman ), and the Telltale Harps ( Dennis Murphy's Lambs (Dennis Murphy's/Searching for Lambs) ). While the familiar Irish and Scottish styles are duly represented, the collection also pays tribute to the classical, African, Latin, and Blues...

International African Traditions East African

Our Serenade would be a joy to any harper for a long, long time. It has the same neck and pillar design as the Cygnet with a flat-back or semi-staved soundbox made of laminated Okume, which is an African mahogany. The top of the box is shaped to be very comfortable against your shoulder. In order to keep the weight at 20 lbs, the pillar and feet are made out of mahogany. For strength, the neck is made out of maple pin block. The Basic...

Instrumentation: Pedal or Lever Harp with Viola, Violin, Violoncello, Contrabass & Percussion

Signed: 1994 Offset Lithograph Edition Size: 100 Print Size: 30x22 Ethnicity: African American

This 160-page hardbound book with CD tells the story of Judge Jackson of Ozark, Alabama, who in 1934 published a small book of religious songs written by and for African-American shape-note singers. It continues with the formation and rise to prominence of the Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers, led by Dewey Williams and Japheth Jackson . The enclosed CD contains 2 historic recordings in which Judge Jackson participated and 23 others from The Colored Sacred Harp as well as the Cooper version of The Sacred...

This is great sounding, great playing harmonica! The African Dousie wood comb provides a warm tone, the easily replaceable reedplates (our number HORP) and the traditional shape make it highly desirable for the blues honker as well as for players of other styles. If you want warm, authentic blues tone, this is the harp to blow! It has 10 holes and a wooden comb. Highly recommended.

First edition. Introduction by John C. Dancey. Red cloth, 276pp., frontispiece portrait. Very cheap paper browned, a little chipping to the edges of the first two leaves, light wear to the extremities of the boards, a sound, very good copy. An exceptionally uncommon book, and the only one published by this African-American author -- a 7,500 line epic poem on the black man in America.

309 Eight various African tribal objects, five carved wood figures, a hand harp and a pair of gourd figures.

In this detailed study Simha Arom takes a new and original approach to the understanding of the complex and sophisticated patterns of polyphony and polyrhythm that characterise African music. Considering in particular the harp, sanza, xylophone and percussion music of Central Africa, Simha Arom develops a rigorous method for the analysis of the music and for the recording and deciphering of the many strands of polyphony and polyrhythm. Through a systematic breakdown of the many layers of apparently...

This book consists of one very original piece set in F major. It is considered an etude for harp. The song is reminiscent of west-African culture, with its repeated notes and cross-rhythms. The rhythmic patterns and time signature changes keep the piece interesting and fun to play. It would be a unique piece to add to any music library. It is an intermediate level piece and can be played on lever harps.

Description: This charming arrangement of the popular African American spiritual tells the story of David tending his sheep, slaying Goliath, and serving as king while remaining "God's faithful child and shepherd boy." The lighthearted piano accompaniment imitates sounds of a harp playing and a giant falling before the anthem concludes with a playful partner-song. An optional scripture-based narrative provides a creative introduction to the piece, highlighting David's anointment as king and verses...

Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, London based author and playwright Bonnie Greer seeks to demonstrate that Barack Obama's Presidency is what she calls a 'South Side Presidency.' And that it is only the South Side of Chicago, with its history and culture and institutions that could have sent an African American, in this day and age, to the White House. "Obama Music" is a mixture of anecdotes about her own growing up in one of America's most formidable Black communities, mixed in with...

"Across Time: Mystery of the Great Sphinx has everything, history, drama, imagination, creative expression. We have too few novels that have acted as a vehicle for teaching timeless messages. Dr. Harp is well versed in his historical material. He has taken history one step further. He engaged the challenge of conveying complex impressions and insights rooted in ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) history and culture and merging these notions with contemporary youth culture. As such, a wide audience should...

Four new arrangements of familiar melodies from the treasury of African-American traditional music. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, key of Bb, a few pedal changes, many 3-note chords with eighth-note LH accompaniment. Kum Ba Yah, key of F, the LH runs the gamut of accompaniment rhythms ending with a modulation to the key of G which contains mostly 16th notes. Give Me Jesus, key of Eb, quite a few pedal changes but mostly half notes and quarter notes, not technically challenging. Go Down Moses, key of F...